Gareth Wright

Gareth Wright

@garpunkal

Senior C# .net MVC Developer

Umbraco CMS Expert, Contributor and Package Developer

Azure Cloud and DevOps Developer

Front End Developer

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Projects

Workthere
Workthere
Welcome to Sheffield
Welcome to Sheffield
Historic Royal Palaces
Historic Royal Palaces
Exa
Exa
nextbase
nextbase
Wright Hassall
Wright Hassall
Little Freddie
Little Freddie
Isio
Isio
OC&C Strategy
OC&C Strategy
3M: Make It Happen
3M: Make It Happen
Achievement For All
Achievement For All
Addict
Addict
Crimestoppers
Crimestoppers
Cross Country Trains
Cross Country Trains
Egress
Egress
Get Me Pleasure
Get Me Pleasure
Godolphin
Godolphin
IBM PC Europe
IBM PC Europe
London Essence
London Essence
London Eye
London Eye
Madame Tussauds
Madame Tussauds
Merlin's Magical London
Merlin's Magical London
Naked Juice
Naked Juice
Pepsi Perfect Match
Pepsi Perfect Match
Rail Delivery Group
Rail Delivery Group
Ramada Jarvis Hotels
Ramada Jarvis Hotels
SPAR
SPAR
SRG
SRG
Sea Life
Sea Life
Share Registrars
Share Registrars
Shrek's Adventure
Shrek's Adventure
Sky Academy
Sky Academy
Sky Ocean Rescue
Sky Ocean Rescue
Snell Advanced Media
Snell Advanced Media
Snow+Rock
Snow+Rock
Sunbites
Sunbites
TNT Magazine
TNT Magazine
Taylor Root
Taylor Root
The Orlando Eye
The Orlando Eye
University of Portsmouth
University of Portsmouth
eFooters
eFooters

Articles

Umbraco 9 - punkTwoFactor Authentication Package

Umbraco 9 - punkTwoFactor Authentication Package

I needed to easily rollout Two Factor authentication on Umbraco, so I decided to take the Umbraco...

umbraco
twofactor
dotnet
csharp
Umbraco 9 - Sort those crops out!

Umbraco 9 - Sort those crops out!

I've always though that the image cropper in Umbraco, looked a little messy and the view for the main...

umbraco
css
image
cropper
Umbraco 9 - Azure Cache for Redis

Umbraco 9 - Azure Cache for Redis

I've recently needed to use Azure Cache for Redis on an Umbraco 9 website for user sessions to store...

umbraco
dotnet
azure
redis

Experience

Jaywing

Senior Backend Developer

Jaywing

Home Based

jaywing.com

Jun 2021 - CURRENT1 year and 2 months

  • C# .net 4/5/6 using MVC and CQRS patterns.
  • Umbraco 7, 8, 9 and 10 development.
  • Development of an internal Umbraco 9 and 10 framework.
  • Workthere rebuild including integration of Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
  • Welcome to Sheffield build with EF core, Polly, Flurl and Hangfire.
  • Historic Royal Palaces rebrand project. 
  • Exa website build.
  • Development of an internal studio planner. 
  • Development of packages for Umbraco image optimisation and MailChimp forms workflow.
  • Development of bespoke Umbraco Content Apps.
  • Entity Framework Core using Fluent API and migrations.
  • TailwindCSS, Nunjucks, AlpineJS development.
  • Octopus Deploy and Azure DevOps build and release pipelines.
  • Creation of functional specifications for client projects. 
  • Certified First Aider - St John Ambulance - Emergency First Aid at Work.
Projects
Contributions
Carbon Six

Development Manager

Carbon Six

Remote Working & Farnham, Surrey

Dec 2019 - May 20211 year and 6 months

  • Team management & project development.
  • Outlining best practices and procedures for source control, security and deployments.
  • C# .net MVC development, .net framework and .net core.
  • Umbraco 8 with ModelsBuilder.
  • Development of HubSpot websites with HubL syntax.
  • Project delivery using Azure DevOps with build and release pipelines.
  • Azure hosting service management and integration:
    • Azure functions and logic apps development.
    • App Gateway, Traffic Manager, Virtual Machines, App services, SQL servers, Azure CDN and Blob Storage.
    • Migration from Umbraco Cloud to Microsoft Azure Hosting.
  • Hosting with Amazon Web Services, Umbraco Cloud and Microsoft Azure.
  • Building bespoke solutions for clients:
    • A personalisation engine for Umbraco based on user's behaviour.
    • Utilising Vendr for Umbraco to produce an ecommerce site, including contributions.
    • Creation of packages to integrate with HubSpot eCommerce Bridge and TaxJar with Vendr to show sales tax based on shipping.
    • A product comparison tool, product bundle-builder and recommendation tool.
    • Integration of Shopify, including building a JavaScript shopping cart.
    • Integration of MailChimp / SendInBlue for newsletter subscriptions.
    • Using MaxMind / IPStack for geo location services.
    • NPoco code-first data layer solutions.
  • Building frontend prototypes using:
    • HTML with data attributes, and nunjucks templating, utilising Bootstrap, TailwindCSS and SCSS. 
    • JavaScript with ES modules, JQuery, Node, NPM and Gulp.
Projects
Packages & Contributions
Jaywing

Senior Developer

Jaywing

Newbury, Berkshire

jaywing.com

Mar 2019 - Dec 20199 months

  • C# .net MVC development.
  • .net core experience.
  • Experience with Umbraco, Sitecore and Sitefinity.
  • Umbraco CMS Contributor.
  • Extending Umbraco by creating C# and AngularJS packages.
  • Creating NuGet packages for internal & external use.
  • Test Driven Development with MS Test projects.
  • Utilising nPoco and Entity Framework.
  • Integration with Amazon S3 Buckets and Azure Blob Storage
Projects
Contributions
Jaywing

Technical Manager

Jaywing

Newbury, Berkshire

jaywing.com

Jan 2016 - Mar 20193 years and 2 months

  • Technical Manager for various projects and clients.
  • Providing direction for the development team in support of business operations.
  • Staff recruitment, training and resourcing.
  • Improving processes, security and efficiency on technical projects.
  • C# MVC development utilising Umbraco, Sitecore and Sitefinity.
  • Umbraco Gold Partner.
  • Certified Umbraco Expert.
  • Sitecore 8 Certified
  • Extending Umbraco by creating C# and AngularJS packages.
  • SQL Server database administration and optimisation.
  • Azure hosting service management and integration:
    • Traffic Manager.
    • Azure DNS.
    • App services / App service plans.
    • SQL servers and databases.
    • Azure Content Delivery Network.
    • Blob Storage.
    • Vision API
      • AI Cognitive Services for analysing imagery.
    • Media Services
      • Encoding-on-demand and adaptive streaming.
    • Application Insights
      • Server monitoring and fault finding.
Projects
Packages
Jaywing

Senior Web Application Developer

Jaywing

Newbury, Berkshire

jaywing.com

Jul 2008 - Jan 20167 years and 6 months

  • Web development specialising in the Microsoft .net framework.
  • C# MVC and WebForms.
  • Umbraco 6 and 7 experience.
  • Lead developer on top brand projects with tight deadlines, which included team leadership and client liaising.
  • 3rd party integration with various API's.
  • Technical documentation and solution development.
  • Core developer of in-house content management system.
  • Pitching to potential new clients with success.
  • w3 Gold Winner
Projects
    Jaywing

    Web Application Developer

    Jaywing

    Newbury, Berkshire

    jaywing.com

    Nov 2006 - Jul 20081 year and 8 months

    • Web development specialising in the Microsoft .net framework.
    • C# WebForms.
    • SQL Server & Management Studio.
    • Core developer on large FMCG websites.
    • Multilingual experience with Arabic sites, including bidirectional layouts.
    • Building websites for high profile clients, under tight deadlines alongside creative and client teams. 
    • Creating bulk email notification systems including queuing and SMTP error handling.
    • Database optimisation and architecture for high load websites.
    • Lead on development of a dynamic survey builder. 
    Projects
      Guava

      Web Programmer

      Guava

      Hurst, Berkshire

      Feb 2006 - Nov 20069 months

      MAD Productions

      Web Developer

      MAD Productions

      Colden Common, Winchester, Hampshire

      Apr 2005 - Feb 200610 months

      TNT Magazine

      Webmaster

      TNT Magazine

      Romsey, Hampshire & Earl's Court, London

      Mar 2004 - Apr 20051 year and 1 month

      IBM UK Limited

      Senior Webmaster & Deputy Team Leader

      IBM UK Limited

      Basingstoke, Hampshire

      Apr 2000 - Mar 20043 years and 11 months

      IBM UK Limited

      Public Sector Sales Productivity Centre Professional

      IBM UK Limited

      Basingstoke, Hampshire

      Jul 1999 - Apr 20009 months

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